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** "Oh, we predicted Emperor Evulz would cheat during the race. That's why we ''[[ATasteOfTheirOwnMedicine installed a few cheating devices]] [[WhatTheHellHero of our own]] [[CombatPragmatist to counter his.]]''"
** "Oh, we predicted Emperor Evulz would cheat during the race. That's why we ''[[WhatTheHellHero snuck into his garage the night before and cut all the wires under the hood.]]''"

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** "Oh, we predicted Emperor Eddie Evulz would cheat during the race. That's why we ''[[ATasteOfTheirOwnMedicine installed a few cheating devices]] [[WhatTheHellHero of our own]] [[CombatPragmatist to counter his.]]''"
** "Oh, we predicted Emperor Eddie Evulz would cheat during the race. That's why we ''[[WhatTheHellHero snuck into his garage the night before and cut all the wires under the hood.]]''"



* '''Conversed''': "This would probably be the part of the race when Emperor Evulz deploys his cheating devices and wins. Good thing he's not even competing."

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* '''Conversed''': "This would probably be the part of the race when Emperor Eddie Evulz deploys his cheating devices and wins. Good thing he's not even competing."



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'''Basic Trope''': A villainous character loses an (often legitimate) lead in a contest thanks to cheating.

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'''Basic Trope''': A villainous character loses an (often legitimate) lead in a contest thanks The villain would've won if they didn't try to cheating.do something evil.
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* '''Straight''': Emperor Evulz is ahead by a country mile in the Zany Races, but he stops to sabotage the other racers, costing him the lead.

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* '''Straight''': Emperor Eddie "[[RedBaron The Emperor]]" Evulz is ahead by a country mile in the Zany Races, but he stops to sabotage the other racers, costing him the lead.
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** The other racers were so demoralized about Evulz's capabilities that they were about to call it quits and hand Evulz the win by default, but Evulz's cheating (involving such things as [[ShameIfSomethingHappened threatening the racers' families]] and [[KickTheDog breaking their dogs' legs]]) makes them [[BerserkButton so sore angry]] that [[TheGlovesComeOff they decide to break him in half]] and [[NiceJobFixingItVillain win the race]].
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** Evulz would win too easily if he played fair, and he’s more interested in the challenge than the victory.

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** Evulz would win too easily if he played fair, and he’s more interested in the challenge than the victory. If anything, Evulz thinks that VictoryIsBoring if he had won the Zany Races multiple times before.
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** Evulz wins the race by racing fair and square (-ish). He gets a nervous breakdown as the race officials congratulate him because he did not cheat.
** Evulz wins the race because his rival, the Amazing Speed, had an accident. Evulz then accuses Speed of cheating because the only accidents Evulz is going to accept happening on the race track are the ones ''he'' caused, dammit!
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** Cheating and losing are Evulz' {{kayfabe}} on the [[{{Improv}} improv comedy]] that is the way out Zany Races.

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** Cheating and losing are Evulz' {{kayfabe}} on the [[{{Improv}} improv comedy]] that is the way out Zany Races. [[note]]As per [[WMG/WackyRaces Wacky Races WMG #1]].[[/note]]
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** Evulz's compulsion to use traps and cheats is [[SuperOCD a literal compulsion]]. He even yells at one point "if I don't cheat in the next minute, I'm going to lose my mind!" and starts to fidget like a strung-out addict.

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** Evulz's compulsion to use traps and cheats is [[SuperOCD a literal compulsion]].compulsion. He even yells at one point "if I don't cheat in the next minute, I'm going to lose my mind!" and starts to fidget like a strung-out addict.

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A normal Combat Pragmatist wouldn't cheat if they didn't need to


** Evulz is a CombatPragmatist, and will do anything and everything to win, including cheating.

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** Evulz is a CombatPragmatist, and will do anything and everything CombatPragmatist who is so habituated to win, including cheating.cheating that he still does it even when he doesn't have to.



* '''Implied''': Evulz privately says he's willing to cheat, but he ends up losing a close race. It's not confirmed, but it seems like his cheating might have made him lose.



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**Evulz is a CombatPragmatist, and will do anything and everything to win, including cheating.
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** Evulz is literally one inch away from crossing the finish line first, with his contenders trailing at least one mile behind, and yet he slams on the brakes and decides to place a trap. The chaos that follows subjects him to a HumiliationConga in which the fact he lost the race is the ''[[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking least]]'' awful part.

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